
A community-wide event to promote change in the Mahoning Valley through education and awareness focusing on racial equity, access and barriers to services, and the stigma associated with mental health treatment.
- Friday, April 26, 2024
- 8:30 – 3:45 (doors open at 7:30am for Registration, Breakfast, Resource Fair)
- Eastwood Event Centre
- 5577 Youngstown Warren Rd, Niles, OH 44446
TRUMBULL & MAHONING COUNTIES
Connect. Learn. Grow.
Join mental health and medical professionals, first responders, social services providers, educators and community advocates committed to addressing the issues of racial equity, and the mental health crisis in our community.
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Former Atlanta Mayor
Keisha Lance Bottoms served as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta, and the senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. She is a visionary leader in bringing equitable outcomes to the forefront of government and commerce. Keisha became the first Mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches of government.
Keisha served as Mayor during one of the most challenging times in the history of Atlanta. In the midst of a global pandemic and a racial justice movement, Keisha became a leading spokesperson regarding the challenges and opportunities facing cities and leaders across America.
Shaped by a childhood and professional career that highlighted the inequalities amongst Americans, Keisha led her Administration in undertaking several major initiatives that would seek to eradicate systemic issues facing Atlanta, while creating a model for all cities to follow. Ensuring diverse opinions and perspectives were brought to government processes by creating the City’s first Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the Office of Violence Prevention, and appointing the City’s first Director of LGBTQ Affairs.
Tracing her family’s roots to a slave plantation in Georgia, it was Keisha’s highest honor to be named 2020 Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend Magazine. She also was named one of Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year and was named a member of Ebony Magazine’s prestigious Power 100 List. Keisha was also the recipient of the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award presented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in recognition of her equity-driven leadership to help guide and protect marginalized communities.
She is a fierce mental health advocate and inspires others by sharing her own struggles.
Keisha is the daughter of R&B icon Major Lance and Sylvia Robinson. She and her husband Derek are parents to four children.
Agenda
7:30 to 8:30 - Check-In, Resource Fair and Breakfast
8:30 to 8:45 - Welcome/Introductions
Judge Carla Baldwin
Moderator
8:45 to 9:45 - Empowered Allies: Amplifying Women's Voices for Equity
LaToya Logan
9:45 to 10:45 - Resilience within Adversity: Minority Stress and Intersectionality in Queer Lives
Dr. Toni Bisconti
10:45 to 11:00 BREAK
11:00 to 12:00 - The Real Cost of Excellence: Gendered Racism and its Impact on the Health of Black Women
Dr. Kamesha Spates
12:00 to 1:00 - LUNCH
12:40 to 1:55 - Brown Bodies Bending Performance/Poetry Activity
Barbara Fant
1:55 - 3:05 - The James & Coralie Centofanti Foundation Keynote Speaker:
Fireside Chat with Keisha Lance Bottoms
Interviewed by Judge Carla Baldwin
3:05 to 3:20 - Closing Remarks
Judge Carla Baldwin
Registration
Sponsorships are still available
If you need to pay by Purchase Order and/or need an invoice contact Cathy Zinn at cathleen.zinn@colemanservices.org
I can not attend, but would like to donate.
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Sponsorship Levels Still Available
All proceeds will benefit Coleman Health Services in the Mahoning Valley.
Title Sponsor
Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board
Keynote Sponsor
The James & Coralie Centofanti Foundation
$12,500
Impact Makers-Speakers Sponsor
(Multiple Available)
- Inclusion of large logo on all promotional pieces, emails and social media
- :30 video into lunch
- Full-page ad in program
- Mention in all media press releases
- One table for the event (8 tickets)
- Recognition by Emcee
- Logo and link on event website
- Four tickets to Meet and Greet
$10,000
Inspiring Change Sponsor
(Lunch, Breakfast – Multiple Available)
- Inclusion of medium logo on all promotional pieces, website, emails and social media
- Full-page ad in program
- Mention in all media press releases
- One table for the event (8 tickets)
- Three tickets to Meet and Greet
Meet & Greet Sponsor:
KO Consulting
Barbara Fant Poetry Workshop Sponsors
Youngstown & Mahoning County Public Library
Warren & Trumbull County Public Library
$5,000
DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Resource Fair Sponsor
(Multiple Available)
- Inclusion of medium logo on all promotional pieces, website, and social media
- Half-page ad in program
- Mention in all media press releases
- One table for the event (8 tickets)
- Recognition by Emcee
- Signage/Pop Up at Resource Fair area
- Logo on Resource bags for info and swag
- Two tickets to Meet and Greet
$2,500
Future Leaders Sponsor
(Multiple Available)
- Half page ad in program
- Two tables for the event – (One for sponsor and one for students/barbers/cosmetologists)
- Recognition by Emcee
- Logo on event website
- Two tickets to Meet and Greet on Thursday night
$1,500
Reform Advocate Sponsor
(Multiple Available)
- Listed in Event Program
- One table for the event
- Listed on event website , social media
Be Part of This Important Conversation!
At Coleman Health Services, we provide accessible behavioral health, residential, employment and support services, regardless of one’s ability to pay.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and people like you, we can change countless lives in the communities we serve!